CruzClowns actually believe the GOPe will hand the nomination to him, that belief is almost religious with them, I think most believe, their Teddy is Anointed.
....As bullies are wont to do, Trump is now trying desperately to change the rules—to argue that the nomination should go not to the candidate who wins 1,237 delegates but to whoever comes closest.”.....
If they go with that the margin between Trump would have to be much wider....otherwise it will be a no go. And really shouldn’t be....no horse wins without crossing the finish line. A race is won by obtaining what the rules determine...not because of failure to reach the required goal.
Additionally it does look like Trump and Ryan are in their own battle on ‘who leads’ the Party....interesting to watch this. Trump did say he and Ryan would get along as long as he didn’t get in his way.
Not even a cup of warm spit
This is stupid! Someone has to be the nominee. Supposing Trump does fall short of delegates, but has far more than any other candidate? Does that mean then he should standby and allow on of the other candidates in the race win the nomination? Or someone who is not running at all? Of course, he should go ahead and try to win!
It is amazing he has the number of delegates that he has, considering how shabbily he has been treated by our own party not to mention their cheating!
Trump will turn the Convention into his own Apprentice Show, rating will be better than the World Series, World Cup and Super Bowl COMBINED....tv ads will cost more than any in history....IT WILL BE FREE POLITICAL ADVERTIZING FOR TRUMP ON TV TIME 24/7 AND HE WILL MAKE MONEY DURING IT.
HELL HE MIGHT BALANCE THE BUDGET WITH ALL THAT DOUGH.
It will be the Greatest Show on Earth.
I am tired of having the news reported and analysed by people who can’t think straight when talking about Trump. Just because a candidate thinks they ought to be the nominee if they get a plurality does not mean the candidate advocates the rules being changed so that they win automatically on first vote without a majority.
It is not a con to suggest that a candidate who has actually gone through all of the debates, news conferences, town halls, and has actually stumped for votes should be higher on the pecking order than those who have not.
Nor is it unusual at all to think a candidate with double the delegates of his closest rival should have a leg up on everyone else.
And finally, when a candidate has 90% of the delegates required in a race where they’ve been split not just 2 ways as with the democrats, but 4, 5, and 6 ways with the republicans, then that candidate has very good reason to suggest that he/she is the frontrunner and should be viewed that way.
This has been a charade of an primary election. The race is such a lopsided win for Trump that it’s ludicrous to suggest otherwise. We are stuck with a non-winner trying to steal delegates from a winner that’s way out in front on so many levels and issues.
Team Cruz is efficient in weaseling out wins in a few caucus states known for their oddball and malleable vote counting methods.
Cruz won:
Virgin Islands by 30 votes
Wyoming by 480 votes
Alaska by 600 votes
Maine by 2,500.
Here are the rounded total votes Cruz won in his nine winning states.
Wyoming 620 people
Virgin Isl 200 people
Alaska 8,400
Maine 8,500
Kansas 35,000
Iowa 52,000
Utah 122,00
Okie 158,000
He won eight states totaling 385,000 votes.
If it wasn’t for Texas, he’d have a pile of beans.
Ted’s lackluster Texas win, Texas 1,239,393.
Cruz’s winning votes in nine states are 1,724,000.
Cruz won 9 states with 1,724,000 votes
Trump won 21 states, and nearly all the states were won by tens or hundreds of thousands of votes. The millions that have attended his rallies have voted.
Marianas (343 people)
Hawaii 6K
Vermont 20K
Nevada 35K
Kentucky 83K
N. H. 101K
Louisiana 125K
Arkansas 133K
Mississipi 191K
South Car 241K
Arizona 250K
Mass. 311K
Tenn. 333K
Virginia 356K
AlaBama. 372K
Missouri 382K
N. Carol 458K
Michig. 483K
Georgia 503K
Illinois 557K
FLorida 1,079,741
Trump won 21 states with 6,020,000 votes
Cruz’s only way to prevail now is by chicanery and fraud, but then that’s just how he began this campaign.
Well whatever the outcome at least Trump has exposed the GOPe/RepubliCONS as truly being no more than the flaccid right side of the demoRAT party. Ryan will at least be gone, McCONell hopefully will be gone, McCampaign will at least be gone. And hopefully we can all resurrect the Republican party from the ashes Trumnp has left of it!
If Trump loses at the Con I won’t blame him. And I won’t support the GOP ever again. I could care less if anyone other than Trump is running - I see no difference between Clinton and the GOPe. She was for the same wars and trade policies the GOPe were for under Bush and don’t give me that line about abortion - the GOPe just pretends it is anti-abortion.